Business Method

Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Growth by Christine Greenhalgh and Mark Rogers (Jan 24, 2010) I reviewed this book for the Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpq211 The knife-edge on which the intellectual property law tries… Read More ›

On the last day of their sitting, the United States Supreme Court issued the long-waited Re Bilksi decision. Essentially, Mr Bilski tried to get a patent for hedging, particularly as applied to energy resources. The examiner, the USPTO on Appeal,… Read More ›

The Nazareth District Court sentenced 27-year-old Khalid Hamuda, an Arab shop-keeper, to a year in prison and a NIS 30,000 fine for selling fake goods. The sentence was the result of a plea bargain. The shop-keeper sold laundry detergents bearing fake… Read More ›

In an important case, Wyeth has successfully appealed to the CAFC about how patent term adjustments for delays in examining are calculated. See http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/09-1120.pdf That the case was brought by Wyeth is not surprising. For a pharmaceutical company, days and weeks of patent… Read More ›

Yesterday, December 2nd 2009, JMB, Factor & Co. hosted a seminar on the boundaries of patentability. The event was held at the “Israel Yaffa Conference Center”, and was attended by a select audience that included IP Law lecturers, patent attorneys… Read More ›

It is sometimes possible to get a refund from the USPTO where it collects fees for services that are eventually not required or not performed. Unfortunately this does not seem to include refunds of International Search fees for PCT applications…. Read More ›

Greenpeace considers that the German patent office was wrong to issue a patent number DE 19756864 to Oliver Brüstle, and the Germans have turned to the European Court of Justice for a ruling concerning Art. 6 of Directive 98/44/EC which… Read More ›

After granting enormous damages against Pepsico for breach of contract regarding trade secret of selling bottled water in an undefended court case, Pepsico successfully appealed the summary judgement and the case will be heard on its merits (if there are… Read More ›

Apparently, PepsiCo. were revealed the trade secret of vending bottled water, and went ahead and marketed this revolutionary product as Aquafina without coming to a business arrangement with the entrepeneurs who gave them the idea. Anyway, PepsiCo. forgot to defend the charges and a Wisconsin… Read More ›

We’ve just been scammed with details of Patent 2009, a new service offering patent pending status + search for 2009 NIS + fees. Someone wise once told me that when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is…. Read More ›